Watch lock



Feb. 22, 1927.

B. N. COL-ON WATCH LOCK Filed Feb. 8, 1926 ATTORNEYS Cit cans 5 1? BrasooLon', ea donates; ARIZONA.

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Application filCd February;

Thisii ivention relates to improvements in devices for safelyholdingwatches in the' pockets ofnsers, andvan object of the inven" tionis to provide such device, herein known as awatch lock,;servin;g thedouble function of so gripping-the cloth as'to prevent pulling the watchout accidentally-o1" otherwise without especially manipulating the lock,and of-h-olding awatch' fob in position.

Other objects and advantages will appear in thefollowing specification,reference be ing had to the accompanying, drawing, in which Figure 1 isa perspective view illustrating the improved watch lock in use.

Figure'QiS a front'elevatioir ofthe watch lock,*a-portion-of thefObbBlllg shown in section, i

Figure 3 is a central lverticalsec ion-taken substantially on the line33 of-Figure 1, illustrating how the lock "grips the cloth.

Figure" 4" is a-de'tai-l p'erspectii c view of the watch lock, thespring release beingpushed-away as in removingthc lock-from the pocket.-

Figure 5-is adetailperspective-view' of a modification referred tolater.

The foregoing object of the invention maybe-supplemented by a briefstatement of th'epurpose of the-invention. -Persons who carry watchesinthe pockets of their clothing must exercise some. care whenstoopi-ngor bending, changing clothing, hanging upjthe particular piecethat carrice the watch,- etc. inorder that the watch may-not slip outand-fall upon the floor. A watch, loosely carried in the 1 pocket, isalsosubject to theft, so that the use of asimple; yet eitectivelock-willsuggest itself is-being of considerablevalue;

The lock, herein disclosed, doesnot dispense with the watch fobso oftenused, but

also serves as a place of attachment or amounting for the watch fob aswellas "the watch. In this respect the lock constitutes a connectorbetween the watch and the fob.

In carrying out theinvention use is made of a strip of material havingthe property of resiliency for a certain necessary. gr1pping action.Thls. strip of material s-bent at '1 and 2-to form outer,intermediatean'd inner walls 3, 4t and 5. so named by virtue ofthe orderin which they, stand infreference to each other and in referenceto thecloth G of the pocketwhen applied,

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or bent lip 10. which facilitates application of'thelock' to the-clothC, mentioned be fore. From'here (the bend 1) the interme diatewalle'also tapers downwardly so that the width at the bendQ is substantiallythe same as that of thelip 10. Thewidth of the bend 2 is maintainedthroughout the in nerv wall 5 see Fi i-Q), thesides being substantiallyparallel- V A The tapering shapeof the intermediate wall' l providesspace for a pair of open ings 11 into which the teeth 12 of the walls 5extend when permitted to do so. =.Tlie teeth 12' occur substantially atthe base of a flat portion 13 which stands at an angle to the mainportion of the inner wall- 5. The wall 5 isfinally bentte produce afinger piece 14 or, as it has beentermed before, a spring release.Thefinger piece 14 is pressed inwardly, as suggested by. the'arrow inFigure l, priorto lifting the watch from the pocket, the inward pressureupon the finger pieceb'eing necessary to disenfrom the cloth C which.the teeth are supposed to have impaled. I

Upon viewing the watch lock in a proper position itis observed that "ithas an S-shap'e although this shape is rather distorted. Being of suchshape the watch lock hasa pair of loops, the one occurring at the-bend1, the other at the bend 2. I .These loops are employed to respectively.serve as mounts for vthe'watch fob 8 and Eforthe customary ring of awatch (Fig. 1). To this end the watch lock serves as a connector betweenthe fob and the watch. Thewatch-an'd fob are attached directly to thewatch lock wit-hout requiring the use of intermediate chains.

fob, that is to say when the fob is held up so to suspend the watch, thewhole forms a continuous, harmonious arrangemeat. Similarly, when thelock is applied to the pocket (Fig. 3) the fob hangs in its natu 'alposition as does also the watch. In Figs. 1 and 2 the watch is shown ashaving taken a position at one side of the lock, but it the pocket isdeep enough the watch will obviously hang down as suggested. The i'obconceals much ol the lock and the lock there tore does not present anunsightly or (filmbersonie appearance.

Attention is directed to Figure 5. This form is a modification ofthewatch lock in the foregoing description in that it is equipped withcars 15 at the lateral extremities of the bend 1,serving as a mount fora cross bar 16 which becomes the equivalent of the bridge 7. The crossbar has a slightly bent place 17 to which a watch chain is more readilyapplied, this bent place cor responding with the indentations 9 of thebridge 7. j

In its other respects the modification in Figure 5 is identical with themain form of the invention with the one exception that the teeth 12 aregiven an upward curve. They thus resemble claws, and when the teeth takethis form there is no need of pressing back on the finger piece orspring release 14 when the lock is clamped in place upon the cloth C.The upward curve of the teeth will automatically push back the innerwall 5 as can readily be perceived. The teeth of the form in Figure 5will also insure a stronger grip upon the cloth when an unauthorizedattempt is made to ull out the watch without first pressing hact on thefinger piece 14.

The operation of the improved watch lock is readily understood. The fob8 is applied to the bridge 7 at the loop or bend 1 and is ermitted tohang down over the outer wal 3 as in Figs. 1 and 3. The fob hides muchof the watch lock. The ring of the watch is applied to the bend or loop2. i The inner wall 5 is considerably narrower than the intermediatewall 4, it being remembered that the wall 4 becomes larger toward theloop 1, and in practice there will be no difficulty in getting the watchring over the projection 12.

The natural tendency of the extremities 10 and 14 is to press towardtheintermediate Wall 4 (Fig. 3) the material of which the lock is madebeing resilient. The teeth 12 will therefore tend to project through theopenings 11, and the lip 10 will tend to bind against the wall 4. inorder to clamp or grip the cloth C when the lock is applied. In applyingthe lock the user grasps the fob 8 in a more or less customary manncrand pushes back upon the finger piece 1.4 until the teeth 12 eitherleave the opening 11 or are retracted far enough to permit an unilnpededapplication of the forward portion of the lock. The finger piece 14 isthen re leased, whereupon the teeth 12 project through the openings 11and impale the cloth. Upon desiring to remove the watch the user againgrasps the fob, presses back upon the finger piece 14 until the cloth isreleased by the teeth 12 whereupon the watch can be lifted out of thepocket.

The character of the material of which the watch lock may be made issubject to so much variation that no attempt atspecify ing examplesseems warranted. The same is true of the shape and dimensions of thelock. The locl; is stamped from one piece oi material and then bent intothe appropriate shape. In Figure 5 the use of the cross bar 15 involvesan extra element, and the modified watch lock therefore requires anextra operation.

While the construction and arrangement of the improved watch lock isthat of a generally preferred form, obviously modilications and changesmay be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or thescope of the claims.

I claim 1. A watch lock comprising a body bent to form a plurality ofconfronting walls connected by loops and defining a pair of spaces onereceiving the ring of a watch when applied to one of the loops, theother receiving the edge of a pocket and the other loop supportinr afob, and teeth projecting from one of the walls extending throughopenings in another of the walls and impal ing the edge of a pocket inthe last space, said teeth crossing the space occupied by the watchring. I

2. A. watch lock comprising a body of resilient material bent inopposite directions to rovide a plurality of confronting walls de ningspaces to receive the ring of a watch and the edge of a pocket, the resiliency of the material urging the walls into contact with each otherthereby tending to close said spaces and perform a clamping action, anda projection upon one of the walls being urged through openings inanother of the walls by virtue of said resiliency and into impalingposition in the edge of the pocket in one of said spaces, saidprojection crossing the space occupied by the watch ring and thereforeconstituting a closure.

A watch lock comprising a resilient body bent in opposite directions toprovide outer, intermediate and inner walls connected by the loops whichoccur at the bends and defining spaces respectively to receive the ringof a watch and the edge of a pocket, a forward curl at the extremity ofthe outer wall facilitating introduction of the edge of the pocket, aplurality of projections upon the inner wall crossing the adjoiningspace and entering the other space through openings in the intermediatewall to impale the edge of said pocket, and a finger piec'lc formed onthe extremity of the inner Wall permitting bending of said all todisengage said projections from the edge of the pocket prior to theremoval of the Watch lock.

4.A Watch lock comprising a resilient body bent in opposite directionsto form outer, intermediate and inner Walls defining oppositely openingspaces respectively to receive the ring of a- Watch and edge of apocket, the bend between the outer and intermediate Walls havingopenings defining a bridge for the connection of a fob, a flat portionincluded in the inner wall being bent at an angle thereto to contact theintermediate Wall, said flat portion having projecting teeth crossingthe adjoining space and entering the other space through openings in theintermediate Walls to impale the edge of the pocket, and a finger pieceformed beyond the flat portion by further bending the inner Wallreceiving pressure with a consonant lifting motion upon the fob todisengage the teeth from the edge of the pocket prior to removing theWatch lock.

5. A Watch lock consisting of a strip of resilient material bent inopposite directions to form, outer, intermediate and inner Walls, thebend between the outer and intermediate ivalls being Widest and saidWalls tapering until a predetermined Width at the extremity of the outerWall and the bend between the intermediate and inner Walls is reached,said inner Wall being substantially of the same Width as said bendbetween the intermediate and inner Walls, a bridge formed in said bendincluding the outer and intermediate walls by cutting openings in saidbends, said bridge having indentations for receiving a Watch chain, aflat portion and a finger piece included in said inner wall, and teethprojecting from said inner wall being arranged to enter openings in saidintermediate Wall.

BLAS N. COLON.

